PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 12

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

■.PECULIAR-ARBITRATION'CASE.. V ) (By.Tolegrflph.-Special. Correspondent.)' .-. ■ Palmoreton,'October 29.'; ■■'■■ k large audience greeted the P&lmerstba Liedertafcl at the Upera House last night, when that body gave . its second "Gremischto., Abend" of the .season, The program™ was' a.' very fine one, 'and. the manner in which it \ was placed .'before! the public was decidedly' creditable'alike to the Liedertafel and its conductor, Mr. P. Vt: A, Mason. Of the 13 items'; submitted, every" one was warmly applauded and several were imperatively redemanded. The. trio by .Messrs. V/i A.'Hogg, C. Sutcliffe, and \Vi Hughes was .well rendered, while Mr. Q.-C>. Kcoblo s song, "The Two Grenadiers," was deservedly ' encored.' In-the first part, with (a) "Passing By", and (b) "Out of the Darkness.?-, and in the second part with'"Ever So I'M Away," Mr.'J. V. Carr, of Wellington, delighted the audience, and he also had to rospoud to oncores, the last being a double eKcore. The duet, "Slaying,"'by Messrs. I. W. A.'-Masbn and J. Rogers, was. also well received, and had to be repeated. -The arrangements for tho carrying out. of the concert' reflected much' credit on tho hon.'secretary, Mr, R; A..,J?uiler.. The v Palmorston. Bowling Club grounds pre.sent a; very lively;appearance every, fine afternoon now, and on Wednesdays and, Saturdays tho: members'attend in very largo numbers. The club has just" elected 30 new: liieiabtrs, and : tho leasing of one of the 'greens to., tlk iaiinwatu Tenuis Club has'brought a" very' Urge num., bar of young : peoplc of botVseXes.tothe greens. It has been decided:to accord a.suitable sendoff to Mr. 1. T.'Lang, who has'beori associated, with all movements for'.the good of diStrict for many, years, ;hhd who is-about 1° leaAO. our shores for Australia. At. a P«l"Wg' meeting, convened; by. the: Mayor,;.yesterday afternoon,: it', was decided o entertain Mr. Lwg at a smoke, concert on m Monday,. and, to. wate. him a- presentation.. : ; Tho Mayor and, Messrs. S. R. Lancaster (president: Jf"""^ l^'/"? . V A«ooiation). : J. M. Johnston M. M'l«an£ G.w: narden.wcre appointed an executive, w carry out arrangements;,..... W.j,,',,..' At the' Longbum, Anglican■ Hall, on, \\ eanes day evening, the Rev. Irchdeaeon ia lantern "exhibition,-to a- largo audience ot Sunday School chidren and ..their W»?jisJslides dealing mostly with hctus m f,o Islands.- At the the enter .taitiment, -. which was .great y .« &£ presentation .was made ,to V Mr^„'^2ln! fir a ,Ln.,who\'lia ß -presMod,at tie prgorftr^j number:of years/' Much ''W''\V; °VinS' at thofimneding dcnsviiiro of. Mis. JV ntuing ham end her family from■ tho. dij-tnct. .-_ _. At the opening'of' the Sqiutre,lnkelet thers wasono oiWcr who took PtttWg" ™*est in-the function' from' the act hat^h e _waß the first road . who did any road work in tho Square. . This- was Mr. Bryant, now, farming over, thirty years, ago, • took ■ up, the . first contract to 'improve-tho Square,-v. . •',-',._' ■•■ A,further donation of n seat to the observa. itoW section of .the Square has been made. .• '• Mr. Albert .Taslter,'.' a foreman on the ■ isew, I Zealand Railways, died ih -jPalnier&ton jesterday, after, a long'and painful, illness; .Deceased, had'been inthe Railway Department for a quarter'of a century, and had many friends in this and theNapicr district, ; Ha; was ! a member of tho Masonic 'fraternity, - and also of: the. Druids,' and' both bodies were'- repre-. sented at the funeral-this aftoVnqon.".'■ : ; >, '■'■At tho sitting of,the Arbitration Court'yes-/ ferday, when;'the secretary; of the. Brickldyers Union asked that a number of employers (ineluding several ■ builders) should ta'attached to.the award.affecting bricklayers, Mr. 1 W. Prvor, who apneaved for the employers,- brought to 'light a rather peculiar state of affairs.' It appears that ;,riearly' .the,. wholo of 'the' brick-.